CoinDesk Podcast Network13 Dec 2024

THE MINING POD: Hut 8, Crusoe’s $600M, DCG’s Fortitude, Riot’s HODL and Coinbase’s PNUT

Hyperscalers are coming to Bitcoin mining. Actually, it's the other way around! Welcome back to The Mining Pod! In today’s show were ripping on Hut 8’s $12 billion build out in Louisiana for a full hyperscaler facility. Yes, that’s nearly 6x the marketcap of Hut 8 currently! We also go into Crusoe’s $600M raise from Founders Fund, our scoop on DCG spinning out Foundry’s self-mining assets, Riot joining the HODL gang with Microstrategy and MARA and some final thoughts on Coinbase listing random tokens for ‘just the funsies.’ Oh, also Texas is going to do a Bitcoin Reserve! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:54 Difficulty update 04:29 Hut 8 plans 1,000 MW in Louisiana 10:19 Crusoe Closes $600M Raise 13:35 DCG creates new company 18:56 Riot Offering of 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes 27:52 Coinbase lists Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) memcoin 33:20 Texas Bitcoin Reserve Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show! Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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